Annecy Festival Releases Complete Schedule

If you are planning to attend next week’s jam-packed edition of the Annecy Animation Festival in France, you will have a chance to take in some of the most anticipated features and shorts created by artists all over the world. The fest organizers have just confirmed the final feature lineup for this year’s edition, which features six days of celebration with 240 screening sessions, including world premieres of much-anticipated productions. Here are a few highlights:

8:30 p.m. – Sneak preview of Despicable Me 2, with the film crew and Chris Meledandri

10:15 p.m. – Sneak preview screening of the first episode of the new Calimero series followed by The Legend of Sarila.

Thursday, June 13

10:30 a.m. – Sneak preview of competition feature Khumba

11:15 a.m. – Lagardère Active press conference

12 p.m. – “Features at Noon,” (press conference about features in competition) presentation of Jasmine and Khumba with the film crews of each film.

2 p.m. – Making of Epic with director Chris Wedge

2:30 p.m. – Campus TFOU press conference

4:00 p.m. – Festival Bar/Partners’ Club — Press conference with the NFB, for the launch of the new “McLaren workshops” app, offering a privileged access to Norman McLaren’s oeuvre and instructing users on how to make their own films inspired by three techniques made famous by the filmmaker.

8:30 p.m. – Screening of Oggy and the Cockroaches, the Movie

10:15 p.m. – Sneak preview screening of Oggy and the Cockroaches, the Movie

Friday, June 14

12 p.m. – World sneak preview screening of the first footage and trailer of Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart with the film crew and director Mathias Malzieu, who will be offering a mini concert for the occasion.